Example sentences of "[conj] they go [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They cut off their hands so that they go about for the rest of their lives with bleeding stumps . ’ |
| 2 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 3 | Alan came back most weekends , and they went out for long drives in his father 's car . |
| 4 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 5 | But typewriters we had problems with because , if they went in for repair , you never got them back from the Ordinance Core , and so at one place in Tunbridge Wells we handed a typewriter in and because the army were allowed to buy greaseproof paper , we bought a lot of greaseproof paper which came in the package of a new typewriter . |
| 6 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Curry seems to be the first choice for many MPs when they go out for a meal , ’ says Peter Grove , publisher of Patak 's Real Curry Restaurant Guide . |
| 8 | If the child says , ‘ I dislike Auntie Kate ’ but seeks her company , holds her by the hand when they go out for a walk , and so on , we would conclude that he has not understood the word dislike . |
| 9 | ‘ Loads of women still expect a man to pay when they go out for dinner . |